Detective Denise “Cookie” Bouldin has been on the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for 35 years. Detective Cookie’s previous assignments have included working as a Patrol Officer in Seattle’s North, West, East, South West and South Precincts; and as a member of SPD’s Community Police Team. She is currently assigned as a Youth Outreach and Community Relations Detective.
In addition to her regular duties, Detective Cookie also runs a Saturday and Tuesday Chess Club out of the Rainier Beach Community Center and Rainier Beach Library, as well as an Anti-Violence workshop academy at the Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club. She also teaches Chess and Anti-Violence at the African American Academy/Van Asselt Elementary School, First Place School, Dunlap Elementary School, and South Shore Elementary/Middle School.
She also conducts Anti-Violence and Anti-Bullying Summer Workshops for at-risk youth through the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative. She also has a reading club, arts and craft club and Sudoku club for youth in the community.
Bouldin has received many awards and has been featured on several television shows, news programs, radio shows and newspapers for her work with youth.
